Domestic Music Making and its Instruments: Zpráva z mezinárodní konference hudebních nástrojů v Edinburghu

Abstract

June 2022 saw the biennial conference on musical instruments organized by The Galpin Society in association with The University of Edinburgh. The papers presented a wide range of organological topics related to the fields of stringed instruments and especially wind instrument (woodwind and brass). During the conference, various options for the research methodology were presented: from the description of the construction and technical features of the instrument, decoration and design, through archival research, socio-economic aspects of production and trade, to the acoustic properties of the instruments. There was also the topic of the use of social media.